■ Essential QuestionEssential Question:

–What were the important causes & effects of the American Revolution?

■ Warm-Up QuestionWarm-Up Question:

–What provisions should be included in the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War in 1783?

Preserving Independence■ After 176 years of British rule, the

American Revolution began the construction of a new form of gov’t

■ But...will the new United States be a government of the elite elite or of the peoplepeople?

■ To what degree will this American Revolution amount to a “social” revolution?

American Revolution “What IfsIfs””■ For each “What If?” question,

make as many predictions as possible about how American history might have been different

■ Groups will receive 1 point for each “plausible” alternate “if”

■ The winning group earns 105, others earn 100, 95, 90, 85…

What If…The British had lost the French & Indian War?

What If…The British had strictly controlled the colonies

& never adopted “Salutary Neglect”?

What If…George Grenville

(author of the Sugar & Stamp Acts)

had not been appointed Chief Minister?

What If…The Massachusetts colonial assembly had not sent the

Circular Letter in response to the

Townshend Acts ?

What If…The British East India Company were not in

financial ruin?

What If…The British arrested Sam Adams & John Hancock in Lexington as planned?

What If…George Washington

wasn’t appointed to head the Continental Army & militias fought the

British alone?

What If…The British had won at

Saratoga?

What If…The Americans had accepted the British

peace offering in 1777?

What If…The French had

demanded Louisiana & Canada from the British

after the American Revolution?

American Revolution “What Now?”

■ Rather than “what if,” each of the following responses will require a “what now” response:

–Make a rational prediction as to the future of the United States

What Now…Trade patterns & the American economy

What Now…The Declaration of

Independence proclaimed “all men are created equal”